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Damdama Population - West Garo Hills, Meghalaya

Damdama is a small village located in Betasing Block of West Garo Hills district, Meghalaya with total 34 families residing. The Damdama village has population of 171 of which 75 are males while 96 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Damdama village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Damdama village is 1280 which is higher than Meghalaya state average of 989. Child Sex Ratio for the Damdama as per census is 727, lower than Meghalaya average of 970.

Damdama village has lower literacy rate compared to Meghalaya. In 2011, literacy rate of Damdama village was 55.92 % compared to 74.43 % of Meghalaya. In Damdama Male literacy stands at 51.56 % while female literacy rate was 59.09 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Damdama village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Damdama village.

Damdama Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 34 - -
Population 171 75 96
Child (0-6) 19 11 8
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 171 75 96
Literacy 55.92 % 51.56 % 59.09 %
Total Workers 79 37 42
Main Worker 41 - -
Marginal Worker 38 0 38

Caste Factor

In Damdama village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 100.00 % of total population in Damdama village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Damdama village of West Garo Hills.

Work Profile

In Damdama village out of total population, 79 were engaged in work activities. 51.90 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.10 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 79 workers engaged in Main Work, 32 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 3 were Agricultural labourer.